Energy-transport models for charge carriers involving impact ionization in semiconductors

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-132

  Choquet, Isabelle ^a   Degond, Pierre ^b   Schmeiser, Christian ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0038036543     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TT-120019039     Document Type: Article

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